The Seattle Mariners go into the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers with one goal on their collective minds. The Mariners, who have been competing in the American League since 1977, have never won the World Series. They have never even been there, since they have not won an American League pennant.

This has been a special year for the Mariners. They surged in the second half of the season and played their best baseball of the season in late September. They ended up winning the American League West by 3.0 games over the Houston Astros, a team that had tormented them for years.

It was a memorable year for many reasons. The most notable of those was the performance of record-setting catcher Cal Raleigh . The All-Star blasted 60 home runs, the most ever by both a

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